Some of us are possessed of a deep love and respect for the world that evolved us, and are saddened at the destruction and disrespect our species treats it with. I know it will be here long after we destroy ourselves, but I still abhor witnessing it.
But you are in opposition to those (other ~half apparently) who think that God(tm) created the planet for us to consume, and that we won't get to our greater reward until we really screw up the nice thing he gave us. I'd propose a war, but I think that serves one side better than the other.
that's the irony of all the deniers...the earth will survive fine, its people who are at risk.
Some of us are possessed of a deep love and respect for the world that evolved us, and are saddened at the destruction and disrespect our species treats it with. I know it will be here long after we destroy ourselves, but I still abhor witnessing it.
I read that article late yesterday. I honestly don't think there is anything we can do to slow it down now. Think of all the CO2 released by the current fires in CA. One broke the record for largest CA fire, the record was set just a few years ago. Some say this is the new normal.
If we're really lucky the Yellowstone caldera will blow up, and we won't have to worry about anything anymore.
Mother Earth is about ready to shake us off like a case of fleas... c.
that's the irony of all the deniers...the earth will survive fine, its people who are at risk.
I read that article late yesterday. I honestly don't think there is anything we can do to slow it down now. Think of all the CO2 released by the current fires in CA. One broke the record for largest CA fire, the record was set just a few years ago. Some say this is the new normal.
If we're really lucky the Yellowstone caldera will blow up, and we won't have to worry about anything anymore.
Mother Earth is about ready to shake us off like a case of fleas... c.
Those crazy Californians...maybe a lawsuit will finally get the oil companies, and ultimately their consumers, to pay for the mess they create:
Two Bay Area counties and a Southern California city concerned about rising sea levels sued 37 of the world’s biggest oil and coal companies Monday, claiming the fossil fuel giants should pay for damages wrought by climate change — a first-of-its-kind challenge that some liken to the high-stakes litigation of the tobacco industry in the 1990s.
Marin County, San Mateo County and Imperial Beach (San Diego County) filed separate but nearly identical lawsuits in their respective Superior Court offices that seek to tie fossil fuel development to climate-related problems in coastal areas. Lawyers for the three communities worked together to document such effects as more frequent flooding and beach erosion as well as the possibility that water will eventually inundate roads, airports, sewage treatment plants and other real estate.
The lawyers contend that the oil companies knew about the damage their actions were causing, denied it and sought to discredit scientific findings that greenhouse gas emissions were heating the Earth’s atmosphere.
The suits are the latest in a small but growing effort to hold Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and other major energy companies accountable for the effects of global warming. Legal experts say the challenge is more comprehensive than previous endeavors, and is based on better climate science and more evidence to support a claim of conspiracy among oil company executives.
Those crazy Californians...maybe a lawsuit will finally get the oil companies, and ultimately their consumers, to pay for the mess they create:
Two Bay Area counties and a Southern California city concerned about rising sea levels sued 37 of the world’s biggest oil and coal companies Monday, claiming the fossil fuel giants should pay for damages wrought by climate change — a first-of-its-kind challenge that some liken to the high-stakes litigation of the tobacco industry in the 1990s.
Marin County, San Mateo County and Imperial Beach (San Diego County) filed separate but nearly identical lawsuits in their respective Superior Court offices that seek to tie fossil fuel development to climate-related problems in coastal areas. Lawyers for the three communities worked together to document such effects as more frequent flooding and beach erosion as well as the possibility that water will eventually inundate roads, airports, sewage treatment plants and other real estate.
The lawyers contend that the oil companies knew about the damage their actions were causing, denied it and sought to discredit scientific findings that greenhouse gas emissions were heating the Earth’s atmosphere.
The suits are the latest in a small but growing effort to hold Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and other major energy companies accountable for the effects of global warming. Legal experts say the challenge is more comprehensive than previous endeavors, and is based on better climate science and more evidence to support a claim of conspiracy among oil company executives.
I don't recall if I was one of those poo pooing the impact, but I'd still be that this is pretty inconsequential vs. the other pollutants we throw out. Sure it adds up over a billion or two people, but so does all the other plastic we toss away. That this is smaller pieces certainly would make it harder to clean up, but we aren't really cleaning up much of the big stuff yet. So: bad-yeah, as bad as everything else we do-maybe, but let's knock off a couple of the bigger hitters before spending a lot of resource on keeping our clothes dirty (good news, Hipsters are already refusing to wash their jeans).
